Weekly Edventure #1: Building Confidence

"EXPLO is one of the first places where Alison really stepped up and started advocating for others... that was for her a start in real confidence, in terms of [Alison thinking] 'This is how I should behave as a citizen of the world.'"

Christine and Brett Rogers, parents of three Exploration students discuss how EXPLO has helped their children find the confidence to advocate for others, face problems head on, calculate effective and worthwhile risk-taking, and transform themselves.

ON BUILDING CONFIDENCE:

At EXPLO, we encourage the pursuit of lifelong learning — which means we are constantly doing our own studying up, reading on, or relearning the concepts that we teach throughout the summer. Here are some fun links that we've been recently reading on building confidence:

Trailblazing astronomer, Maria Mitchell, on how we co-create each other and recreate ourselves through friendship

A board game where you get to be a disease-fighting scientist advocating on behalf of the future of all human kind (count us in).

RELEVANT EXPERIENCES

EXPLO's curriculum is built around experiences — in an environment where in-class investigations are just as important as out-of-class explorations.

At EXPLO, confidence-building takes many shapes, forms, exercises, and events. Just a few EXPLO experiences Alison and other students have tried that help to build confidence in a summer at EXPLO include:

Innovation + outreach

SAY HELLO!

At EXPLO, we strive to bring curiosity, engagement, and humanity to teaching and learning. Poke around and see what sparks your interest — if you have any questions or would like to connect with us, give us a call or drop us a line. Exploring the world of people and ideas requires community. We’d love to welcome you to ours.

Weekly Edventure

Join our Weekly Edventure for exclusive interviews with thought leaders in our network whose insights on topics from bravery and action to honesty and hard work lay the groundwork for how we can begin to live a more courageous and creative life.

EXPLO, as a part of the Exploration School, does not discriminate on the basis of physical handicap, sex, race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions, scholarships, or other social programs. It affords all students the rights and privileges that are generally made available at the School.